The final week of January 2017 saw the release of four Executive Orders immediately changing U.S. immigration policy. Implementing the orders is the responsibility of several agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection,...
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Immigration Executive Orders Help Memo
The final week of January 2017 saw the release of four Executive Orders immediately changing U.S. immigration policy. Implementing the orders is the responsibility of several agencies including the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection,...
Resources on Immigration Executive Orders
Information on Executive Orders: The White House official site Executive Orders page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders This page on whitehouse.gov is continually updated as the President signs executive orders into action....
Summary of Executive Orders
President Trump issued four executive orders announcing changes in immigration policy. Several other such memos under White House review have been leaked in draft form. To clarify the scope and coverage of these orders we provide this summary. January 27, 2017 Muslim...
Trump Era Begins with Tumultuous First Week, Entry Ban
President Donald Trump's tumultuous first week included a series of executive orders on immigration, refugees, and other issues. Among them was a temporary and immediate entry ban on people traveling to the United States from certain countries that resulted in...
New Proposed EB-5 Regulations Released Today: New Investment Amounts and TEA Changes
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for new EB-5 regulations today. In this 115-page notice, USCIS proposes new rules on: 1. Priority date retention for investor petitions; 2. Increases to investment amounts a. $1.8...
“Sanctuary Campuses” and Other Immigration Questions and Answers for Campus Leaders Post-Election
By Dan Berger and Stephen Yale-Loehr[1] The presidential election has caused speculation and concern about immigration issues on campuses. Significant attention focuses on how the new administration will handle the nearly 750,000 young people who have been approved...
Miller Mayer Applauds New Rule to Help International Entrepreneurs
By Stephen Yale-Loehr Miller Mayer applauds the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for recently issuing a final rule clarifying a wide variety of issues with employment-based immigration, specifically concerning H-1B visa petitions and...
Trump Election Portends Major Changes in Immigration Policy
Cornell University Law School professor and Miller Mayer, LLP attorney Stephen Yale-Loehr, co-author of a 21-volume immigration law treatise, analyzes the potential impact of Donald Trump’s election victory on immigration reform in 2017: “Donald Trump made immigration...
Miller Mayer Attorney Quoted by China Daily
Miller Mayer, LLP attorney Stephen Yale-Loehr was quoted by China Daily regarding the Continuing Resolution ("CR") that includes an extension to December 9, 2016 for the EB-5 program. This CR has to win congressional approval by Sept 30 or the U.S. Government will...
